Pehr Qværnstrøm

Películas

Så møtes vi i morgen
Kontorsjefen
Gryr i Norden
Formannen
Based on the true story of Norway's first labor strike, by female workers at a match factory in 1889.
Lenkene brytes
Ludvigsen
It is about life in the working-class youth groups, the work of the abstinence movement, about friendship, unity and love between young people.
The Child
En resturatør
The classic movie from 1938 is an adaptation of Oscar Braatens play. Eva Sletto plays the young factory worker Milja, and Harald Heide Steen as her unfaithful boyfriend Julius.Milja and Julius are a happy couple working at the factory, and everything is good until Petrina shows up at the arena. Julius is bewitched by the girl, who gets him to drink and steal.Milja is soon left alone with the shame - and a bastard child. The child is placed with Hønse-Lovisa while Milja is at the factory, but a doctor casts his eyes on Milja`s young. He's looking for children to adopt to rich westside people. In her desperation, Milja gives away the dearest thing she owns, for the kid to have better conditions than she manages to give him.It is Hønse-Lovisa that convinces her that the material benefits can never compensate for real love and care.
A Boom Through the Valley
Forest Owner
An interesting look into 1931, a year of unemployment and misery in the forests of Norway. The movie is important as both film history and social portrayal. We get insight into working conditions class differences between loggers and forest owners. Based on the events of the Julussa conflict the movie depicts early labour organization, unity and strike.
Bra mennesker
Landhandleren
Kaksen på Øverland
Aasmund Venaas, fiddler
In beautiful Telemark, a young boy grows up on a rich farm. To his fathers dislike, he wants to be a fiddle player, just like the son at the poorer neighboring farm. One day the father is found dead.
The Secret
Fiskeren
An early Norwegian silent short.
Farmer in the Fatherland
Screenplay
Early Norwegian short film from 1911.
Farmer in the Fatherland
Director
Early Norwegian short film from 1911.
The Curses of Poverty
The first ever Norwegian fiction film. The film is lost.